Revolving suspension-rack.



w H. MARTIN.

REVOLVING SUSPENSION RACK.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 8. 1914.

1 9 l 5 1 ,2 1 U, Patented Aug. M, 1915.

INVENTOR COLUMBIA PLANUGRAPH CQJVASHINGTON. n. c.

WILLIAM H. MARTIN,

OF YOUN'IVILLE, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ornicn HIRAM WILSON,0F YOUNTVILLE, CALIFORNIA.

REVOLVING SUSPENSION-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 24., 1915.

Application filed July 8, 1914;. Serial No. 849,694..

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. MARTIN,residing at Yountville, in the county of Napa and. State of California,have invented new and Improved Revolving Suspension- Racks, of which thefollowing is a specificatiQn.

My prese ,tinvention relates to improvements in that, class of racks orsupporting means more especially designed for being mounted upon motortrucks and adapted for transporting heavy kegs, casks and the like, andfor holding them in suspension during transportation or carting, in sucha manner that they are free of danger of rolling oil the truck.

Among other objects my present invention has for its object to providean improved revolving suspension rack of the character stated in which aplurality of series of racks may be readily mounted upon a truck so thatthe barrels, etc., can be easily handled in the act of placing them(from either side of the truck) upon, or removing them from the racks,and the several or series of racks revolved together as a singlerevolving rack.

I/Vith other objects in view that will be hereinafter explained, mypresent invention consists in the novel arrangement and the peculiarcombination of the parts hereinafter described and claimed, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a motor truck equipped with a series ofmy improved revolving rack mechanisms. Fig. 2 is an end elevationthereof looking in the direction of the arrow on Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is aside view of the barrel holding cradle or slings. Fig. l is an end viewthereof. Fig. 5 is a detail cross section on the line 55 on Fig. 1.

\ In carrying out my present invention, and when arranged for carrying alarge load or number of the heavy casks or kegs, I employ a number ofthe racks, (five of such racks being shown in Fig. 1) three of which areshown as fully loaded with beer barrels, and some of the others beingshown with some of the cradle members omitted to the more clearlyillustrate the detailed construction of the cradles and their sustainingmeans.

In the construction shown in Fig. 1, all of the separate revolving racksare fixedly held on a single shaft or reach member 1, horizontallymounted on the standards 2 fixedly supported upon and that extendverclearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing.

Each revolving rack is in the nature of a wheel composed of two disks Hof a large diameter, preferably six feet, when used for transporting,heavy beer kegs and the like,

and the said disks are. of sheet steel and suitably perforated to reducetheir weight. Each disk, at the central or axial portion is reinforcedby another disk 5. of much smaller diameter than the larger disk.

6 designate rods. that extend transversely and join with the oppositeend disks and serve as braces for the wheel. Each disk 4 has a series ofinwardly proected studs 7 provided with brass bushings or sleeves 70,and as is best shown in Fig. 52, ten of such studs 7, are projected fromeach disk, the studs on one disk alining those of the opposing disk,whereby to provide ten pairs or sets of such studs.

By referring to Fi 2, it will be noticed the studs are located near theperipheral edge of their respective disks, they being so located topermit the cradles or slings which hang pendent from the studs to extendbeyond the opposite side edges of the said disks as they come to thebarrel loading or unloading position.

The cradles or slings 8, one of which is hung from each set of opposingstuds 7 are constructed in the manner best shown in Fig. 3, from whichit will be seen the same.

consist of two end members 80 of triangular shape, the apex end of eachof which terminates in a hanger loop 81 adapted for swingably engagingthe stud bushings 7 O.

The base portions 83 of the members 80 are curved on an arc concentricwith the studs on which the cradles hang and the said portions 83 arejoined by the distance or cross pieces 84, which are sufficientlyseparated to provide for seating the barrels or casks thereon.

To positively hold the barrel on its seat and avoid danger of itsrolling olf during carting, each cradle includes projecting fingers 85integral with the ends, that extend inwardly to embrace the ends of thebarrel at points sufliciently above the distance members to keep thebarrel from rolling off the said members during transportation and toform end supports for steadying the barrel ends when the cradles reachthe low or unloading point. v

To facilitate an easy turning of all the revolving racks, the main shaftupon which all of the said racks are supported, is mounted on ballbearings and to provide for turning all of the sections that constitutethe entire rack, the outermost disk of the outer or rear rack hashandles 10 that project radially from the said disk, as shown.

By reason of the peculiar construction and arrangement of the parts sofar shown and described, anyone of the barrels can be removed fromeither side of the'machine in a quick and convenient manner withoutinterfering with any of the other barrels, since to unload it isonlynecessary to grasp one of the handles on the outer rack and. turn theentire revolving structure to the side from which it is desired tounload, it being also understood from Fig. 2, that when the barrelreaches the points designated X-X, on the said Fig. 2 but a slighteffort is necessary to drop or roll the barrel onto a skid to dischargeit to one side of the truck, since by pressing the cradle to swinginwardly, the barrel will be caused to readily rollout of its cradleseat. I

lVhat I claim is:

In a wagon rack for carting beer and other heavy kegs, barrels and thelike, the combination with a truck frame and standards thereon; of ashaft horizontally journaled in the upper ends of the standards, a rackfixedly held on the shaft and comprising opposite end disks, each havingopposing sets of studs near their peripheral edges, a cradle mounted oneach opposing set of the said studs, said cradles including triangularshaped ends,'the apices of which terminate in loops for hanging on thesaid opposing sets of studs, the base portion of the said cradlesincluding integral. distance members longitudinally curved to form seatsfor receiving the kegs or barrels, the said i 5 base portions alsoincluding fingers located above and. that project in parallelism withthe distance members'for lapping over the end of thebarrels or kegs.

1 W. H. MARTIN;

Witnesses: V

H. N; BRYANT,

JOHN WILSON.

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